Quiz on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

What is the central question Aristotle asks in Nicomachean Ethics?

• What is the best way to live?

• What is the meaning of life?

• What is the nature of reality?

• What is the purpose of education?

What does Aristotle mean by 'eudaimonia'?

• Flourishing

• Happiness

• Wealth

• Power

According to Aristotle, what is the ultimate end that all people aim for?

• Knowledge

• Eudaimonia

• Pleasure

• Fame

How does Aristotle suggest we achieve eudaimonia?

• By living according to our human nature

• By accumulating wealth

• By following strict rules

• By seeking pleasure

What distinguishes humans from other animals, according to Aristotle?

• Strength

• Reason

• Instinct

• Speed

What are the two kinds of virtue Aristotle distinguishes?

• Social and personal

• Spiritual and material

• Physical and emotional

• Moral and intellectual

How are moral virtues developed, according to Aristotle?

• Through divine intervention

• Through genetic inheritance

• Through habit and practice

• Through nature

What is the 'Doctrine of the Mean'?

• Virtue is the absence of vice

• Virtue is the highest form of pleasure

• Virtue is a mean between two extremes

• Virtue is the average of all actions

What is 'phronesis' in Aristotle's ethics?

• The ability to judge well

• The pursuit of pleasure

• The accumulation of wealth

• The practice of meditation

What is the purpose of human life, according to Aristotle?

• To live rationally and virtuously

• To accumulate wealth

• To seek pleasure

• To gain power